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package com.mlizhi.base.codec;


/**
 * Decodes a String into a String. 
 *
 * @author Apache Software Foundation
 * @version $Id: StringDecoder.java 634915 2008-03-08 09:30:25Z bayard $
 */
public interface StringDecoder extends Decoder {

/**
 * Decodes a String and returns a String.
 * 
 * @param pString a String to encode
 * 
 * @return the encoded String
 * 
 * @throws DecoderException thrown if there is
 *  an error conidition during the Encoding process.
 */
String decode(String pString) throws DecoderException;
}  

